AT&T Alien Labs researchers have discovered a new variant of BlackGuard stealer in the wild, infecting systems using spear phishing attacks. The malware evolved since its previous variant and now arrives with new capabilities.Read the full blog on cybersecurity.att.com.
Ofer Caspi is a security researcher at Alien Labs, part of the AT&T Cybersecurity. Read more AT&T Cybersecurity blogs here. Regularly contributed guest blogs are part of MSSP Alert’s sponsorship program.
Key takeaways:
- BlackGuard steals user sensitive information from a wide range of applications and browsers.
- The malware can hijack crypto wallets copied to clipboard.
- The new variant is trying to propagate through removable media and shared devices.
